The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-10-26

or lnanhS 1Or Your tNll>Jlal SS.lclOSltH Iolis
years before. and how they have heard afar
or OF your trouble And the let r Will be so
full OF kindly "reminiscences and Christian
coincidence. it will lie plaster large enough
TO cover up all the deep gasheS OF Your sou.
When we take peo; ;ile into oar houses as CHRIS
tian guests we take them into our Sympatalc>
for ever In bort Holland. 4 soldier with 4
sword at his side stop Il at 4 house desiring
lodging aid shelter. The woman OF the house
at first refused a1n!ttance. saying that the
men OF the house Were not at home: but when
he showed his credentials that he had been
hOnorablv discharged from the army. h. WAS
admitted and tarried during the night IN
the night time there was a kllGckin. ut the
front door ard two ru!iiInS hroii. in to de
Spoil that houS hold. NJ sooner had they
come over the door sill than the armed guest.
who had prim Il his p!c,'e ana charged It
with >iuy> me-: the.u. aud ling the woman
To Stani back. am happy t. Sa:'. dropped
the tHo As ;u't:uc dc>paraGiocS dead at his
feet Well. now there are 10 bandits proving
around 20 de>trov olr houSAS: but how often
it is that we i;.iu those that have been our
s,il,.S;S become our defenders. "" gave th''m
shelter first: al th"n a:t,.rwarl il tha great
coaa;rtS OF lie th-.' fOu cli for our rcpH-
tation: they tougGt 90: on: property: they
touyht for our sn&
Annth"r reward tina: com = from Christian
ho>n rlt IS in the aS ,tlyauca tI!t we shall
have .o:pital:tv ~iO"rl IL lis and i oars Ii
the un-;urnnr> "f this lie, wao kHowS il
what city or what lan,l wc may be thrown.
and how much We max nee an open door!
There NAV come no such crl> 5 TO lis, but our
children may lie thrown into some such
strait. He vino is in Christian manner nos
pitable has free pass through all ChrIsten-
dom it may be that you Will have hecn
dead fifty years before any such stress Stlail
come upon one OF Your descendants: but 40
YOU not suppose that Goi can remember
fifty years: And the knuc!le OF the grand
child will be heard against the door OF some
stranger. and that door will open: and 1t viii
be .aiked over in heaven, and it viii be said:
That mans granifathe". fifty years ago,
gave shelter to a St,dNGer. and now
strangers door IS open Tor n grandson.
Amoag the Greeks after entertaining and
boin.- entertained. they take I; piece OF lead
an,l cut it in two. ana the host takes one-haf
OF the piece OF bead and the guest the other
half As they part. These twu pieces OF lead
are handed down frcm generation To genera
ton. and from family TO fam ": and after
awhile perhaps one OF The families in want Of
in trouble go out with this one piece o! lead
and find tie other family with the CORE
spending piece OF lead. and no sooner Is tn"
tally completed than the Old hospitality Is
aroused. and eternal friendship pledged. )"
the memory OF Christian hospitality Will go
down from generation TO generation. and
from family to family. and the tally wlA
never be lost. neither il this world nor tn
world to come.
Mark this: the Cla~ vii. come when We will
all be turned out-vi-doorS. without any en-
cept!on--bare foot, ba-e-head. no water IN
the canteen. no bread IN the haversack. anG
We will 20 in that way into the future word.
And I wonder if eternal hospitalitieS VIII
open before Us, and if we vii! be received
into everlasting habitatlons: Francis FreS-
cobald was a rich Italian. and he was Very
merciful and very hoSp!tabe. One day an
Enslishman by the name of Thomas Crona-
we'll appeared at his door asking for
shelter and aims. which We're cheerfullv
rendered FreScobald afterwarl lost ali his
property became very poor. and wandered
up into England: and one day he saw pro-
cession passing, an 10. it was the Lord Cham
cel,or of England: and 10. the Lord Chancel-
lor of England was Thomas Cromwell, the
very man whom he had once befrlendei IN
Italy. The Lord Chancellor at the first glance
of Frescobald. recognized him, and dis
mounted from his carriage. threw his arms
around him. embraced HIM paid ms debts,
invited him to his house, and said:
g Here are ten pieces Of money to pay for the
bread YOU gave me, and here are ten pieces OF
money to provide for the horse You loaned
me- and here are four bags IN each OF which
are four hundred 6ucatS. Take them and be
we'll Soft will be at last with us. If We
entertain Christ in the p.r>on OF His disciples
il this world, when We pass up into the next
country. we will meet Christ III regal pro
ceSSion, and He will pour all the wealth
of heaven into our lap and open before
us everlasting hoSpita;tieS And o, how
tame are the richest entertainments we can
give on earth compared with the regal nu-
nificence which Christ Will lis 'ay before orr
souls in heaven. l was r:li!lS the &C 'oant
which Thomas Fuller gives 0: the entertain
ment provided bv George Neville. Among
other things for that banquet tEey hal thee
hundred quarters OF wheat. one hundred and
four tuns of wine. eighty oxen, three thou
sand caponS, two hundred cranes, two hun
dr2d kids, four thousand pigeons, four thou
sand rabbits, two hundred and four b!tternS,
two hundred pheaSantS, FIVE hundred
partridceS, four hundred plover. one
hundred quail, one hundred curlewS. fifteen
hundred hot pastieS. four thousand cold ven
son paSties, four thousand cuSt;ir,:S-the arr
of Warwick acting as Steward-and S"rvltors
one thousand. o, what grand feast was
that, But then compare it with the provision
which Col has made for us on high: that
great BANQUET hour; the one hundred and
forty and four thousand guests: all tine harpS
and trumpetS OF heaven as the orchestra: the
vintage OF the celestial hills poured into the
tankartls: all the fruits OF the orchards oi
God piled On the golden platters: the angels
OF the Lord tor cup-bearerS, and the once
folded starry banner OF the blue sky lunS
out over the scene. while seated at the head
OF the table SHALL be the One who eighteen
centuries AGO declared: L was stranger
and We took NE III. Our sins rardoned,
may we al minSie in those hoSpita'tes'